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Chinese railway development overview

1.Our country is vast in territory, with a large population, resource maldistribution, regional economic development is uneven. So, the railway has been playing a key role all the time in the transportation system of the traffic of China for a long time, and because of the technology economic characteristic of the railway, the development of the undertaking of the railway is significant to implementing sustainable development at present in China. 2.The 1st railway of China is that the British businessman built between Shanghai and Wusong in 1876, have lagged behind for 51 years compared with the 1st railway opening formally in the world. Qing Government permit and build one Tangshan from mining area to Xu every village railway of 10 kilometers one year, have raised the prelude of China's railway construction. 2.1 To one year, Qing Government period builds up 9100 kilometers of railways altogether, among them one year, Beijing pieces of railway(from Beijing to Zhangjiakou) whether 1st preside over Chinese the trunk railway built. 2.2 Mr. Sun Yat-sen proposed building planning of railway of 160,000 kilometers in 1912. This is imagined by China's earliest railway network overall arrangement. 2.3 To 1949, the Republic of China period built up 17100 kilometers of railways altogether, with the period of the Qing Government from one year, there are 26200 kilometers of railways in all in China's Mainland. But because the war is destroyed or other reasons are dismantled 3600 kilometers, when the People's Republic of China is established, China's Mainland only leaves 22600 kilometers of railways . 2.4 The railway construction of old China, not only small in quantity, quality was low, but also the overall arrangement was unreasonable, the majority is in the coastal area, almost there is not a railway in southwest the Northwest. Because every railway does things in his own way in management, limit the full play of the transportation capacity of the railway . 3. After new China is established, Chinese people's government has established Ministry of Railways, manage the national railway in unison, have organized the bridge and circuit to resume the project, and build the new railway in a more cost-effective manner, so as to ensure that the transportation increasing day by day